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[hauntfreaks]

File Name: Roller Coaster (Gottlieb 1971)

File Submitter: hauntfreaks

File Submitted: 09 Apr 2016

File Category: VPX Recreations

Author(s): HauntFreaks
BorgDog
Manufacturer: Gottlieb
Year: 1971
Media Pack: Link to Media Pack
Permission to MOD?: Yes, with approval

Roller Coaster (Gottlieb 1971)
this was a table I did the redraw for the VP9 version
after recently getting the real machine, it sparked my interest in redoing it for VPX
graphicly this wasnt much of a challenge since I already had many images complete, but now with VPX's lighting and physics!
Borgdog took over the VPV scripting and as always he did an awesome job making it all work
 
Roller Coaster IMO is one of these table that has historical value, it was the first to use a wire ramp to raise the ball off the playfield (as a bridge)
also because of its subject matter (carnival, circus, amusement park) 
 
Features:
- all new EM primitives (ball gate bracket, rubber wheel and brackets, octagon hit target)
- shadow casting layer
- GI lighting techniques
- bumper caps
 
Thank you goes out to:
BorgDog (scripting, testing, help with lighting)
Arngrim (DOF)
Robertms (testing)
Zany (spinner texture)
Loserman (inspiration for spinner script)
TomTower (his ball from MM)

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[Ben Logan]

Looking forward to downloading, Hauntfreaks. Looks awesome!

[bent98]

Great job

[robertms]

Wooohooooo the wait is over!

[atarian]

Awesome stuff. Many thanks!

[bord]

Just played an actual one last weekend. This looks and feels just fantastic and is incredibly fun to play. Thank you!

[Ben Logan]

Boy -- this is a real achievement, Hauntfreaks. The lighting is gorgeous. I love all the "finishing touches" on this table: The way the kickout holes light up upon kickout is super cool, for example. The spinner looks extra realistic. The target-hit animation is great. The ball you used is really neat to look at -- love seeing the scratches spin. Nicely tuned physics - really plays like an EM. Doing Pinuck and Loserman proud! Thanks for this wonderful gift.

[robertms]

Thank God you updated those hideous bumper caps, I couldn't stand looking at them, they were throwing off my game   Seriously though thanks for the update, very cool detail!

[bpjacobsen]

can't get the ball to load. Another table with the ramp issue I think. VPX 10.6. just gets stuck and won't load the ball. anyone else have this issue or know how to fix?

[jpsalas]

Well the ramps may be not wide enough and the kicker may not send the ball in the right angle, so the ball hits the side of the ramps and goes back to the drain.

 

So find the ramp called Trough1 and Trough2 and make it wider, from 52 unit to 60. Then the ball will make it to the plunger area. I should also reduce the friction of the ramps, or increase the strength of the kick, since the ball barely makes it to the plunger

[Thalamus]

Pretty sure that this table exist as 2.0 with improvements over at vpinball. I at least have 2.0.

Edited by Thalamus, 26 December 2018 - 11:24 PM.

[bpjacobsen]

2.0 it is. Thanks!